Startups. Family-run companies. Independent manufacturers. From the dress shop on the corner to the custom motorcycle builder on another continent, small and mid-sized businesses are the engines of our local and global economies. And yet software innovations have historically been limited to organizations with larger IT budgets. To help businesses of any size succeed in today's information-based economy, Microsoft offers a full range of affordable and easy-to-manage products and services that let owners devote more resources to growing their businesses. These products provide organizations with the solutions they need to thrive. Solutions that are life-sized for the big ideas of small and mid-sized businesses.
Building on the strength of our partner ecosystem
Small and mid-sized businesses are looking for more efficient business processes and more meaningful connections with customers to help them compete in the global marketplace. Together with a worldwide network of partners, Microsoft Business Solutions offers business management software specifically designed for small and mid-sized organizations. Microsoft Business Solutions delivers integrated solutions in the areas of enterprise resource management, customer relationship management, financial accounting, and reporting and analysis. These solutions, supported by a community of system integrators, accounting firms, independent software vendors, and other specialists at both the local and global level, provide the tools small and mid-sized businesses need to grow and succeed.
Transforming information into impact
Personal productivity is interrelated with business processes, team collaboration, and access to information. Microsoft Office 2003 optimizes the relationship between information workers and the systems that support them, delivering familiar and easy-to-use programs, servers, services, and solutions to connect people with the information and resources they need to drive business success. Enhanced support for XML enables users to connect customized information — such as sales reports — with automated business processes. New online workspaces can easily be created to share documents and conduct meetings over the Web. And OneNote™, a new note-taking program, combines the flexibility of handwriting with new ways to manage multiple forms of digital information. Through continued innovation, the world's most popular productivity platform is helping improve the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations of any size.